I haven’t been doing much creating lately as far as drawing goes. I’ve been feeling bogged down, feeling heavy. So much on my mind. I love creating and it does lift me but only temporarily these days because I have some major clean-up to do and if the clutter stays well, it stays. Does that make any sense? Probably not.

Let’s just say that I have too much on my plate and in turn certain art projects I’m doing for others are not getting done, among other things…some serious housekeeping of the literal and spiritual kind needs to be done as well, bigtime. And some reconnecting with the Universe, too.

I have to purge and organize so I am taking a bit of time to do this. And that also means taking time to just be. That means I probably won’t manage 29 faces in 29 days as it’s already the 26th and I’ve only done 17. And my DLP Week 4 has barely been started. That’s okay. I  have made it okay and I feel much better. I was putting too much pressure on myself to create and it just wasn’t fun.

But, I will be keeping track of ideas for things I want to make so when I feel like I have made more space inside and outside, I will create again. More faces (100 in 365 days sounds good) and more art journaling. Soon(ish).

Here are the latest faces:

Face 11 – She’s my Lady of the Storm as we’ve been having so many of those this winter.

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Face 12 – She looks like a comic character to me, New Yorker style for some reason.face12

Faces 13-17 – I’ve posted it in stages of pencil, marker, and pencil crayon. Not sure why but I think it’s because I like all three stages (I just need to purchase another light for better pics!). 😉

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I will still be visiting other blogs when I can and maybe post a quick sketch when the moment grabs me because this creating thing is in my soul and it connects me to others in wondrous ways.

xx Moongirl

11 Comments

  4. denthe

    Don’t pressure yourself. It’s very easy to feel overwhelmed when you’ve just started your art business. Take your time, you’ll get here. Loved all of your faces this month!

  5. Tammie

    life does have other plans for us sometimes
    or we decide other things need our attention
    so good that you made it ok to create what you want

    i so enjoyed seeing your faces
    you have a wonderful and unique style

    1. moongirl

      Thank you, Tammie. That means a lot. I find it very hard to just stop and let my intuition tell me what is best for me to do. I have it ingrained in me that I do what is expected and once I joined the faces and journal projects I felt I had to do them. That made it no fun but the older I get the wiser. I’m 42 and still growing up, haha, figuring things out along the way! 😉

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